van den Driessche, P.Wimmer, H.K.2010-01-072010-01-0719932010-01-07http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2040An explicit formula for the polar decomposition of an nxn nonsingular companion matrix is derived. This involves the largest and smallest singular values of the companion matrix.encompanion matrixpolar decompositionsingular valuestechnical reports (mathematics and statistics)Explicit polar decomposition of companion matricesTechnical ReportDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics